Exercise and Anxiety Seminar: Fall 2014 Seminar Design Exercise and Anxiety Seminar: Fall 2014
Set up Naming your PowerPoint FirstnameYearSeminarname.ppt e.g: Cliff14ExerciseandAnxiety.ppt Use the 1997-2003 PowerPoint version for the presentation that you send to me .ppt ending only newer versions (.pptx) don’t work on the web
Set up Early Delivery of Papers Start looking in the first week If you can send them to me by the 2nd 3 Papers Topic Paper (lots of graphs/not review) published within the last 2 years 2 Background papers to help tell the scientific story can be older can be reviews
Tell a Story!
Tell a Story! A Story has 1. beginning, 2. middle, 3. end In the beginning Introduce the characters (ideas) Tell what the problem is Tell what is known so far Background papers Explain why we care – why is it important Tell what isn’t known!
Tell a Story! The Middle Methods and Results Why the methods solve the problem Connect each Result with an idea from the beginning with other Results Tell the story of the Results in a logical order logically impels the narrative
Tell a Story! The End List the Original Ideas Are they still valid? Explain Ideas/Results in relation to the problem in relation to other student’s notion of the problem or solution Drive Discussion Discuss the Next Step Is there a new problem?
introduction Delivery Presentation not Read Slides have bullet points Not sentences
introduction Background Story Background Material enhances group understanding Woven into Larger Story Purpose of Research clearly explained
Methods Delivery Clear Visuals Advanced Techniques explained
Results Graphic Results used and explained clearly Clear Visuals Choose papers with lots of graphs Get graphs form the official journal website don’t use the .pdf graphs can be grainy Analysis of Statistical approach and data Logical Order of presentation Order should help tell a story
Discussion Take Home Messages Clearly Outlined Analysis of Scientific Value of each idea Integration of ideas into a story Background & Topic Papers Messages interwoven Discussed together Stimulated Group Discussion